My Heart's Lavender Eye
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'Thought'
Kyuubi
Other enormous beings
"Disclaimer"
I do not own Naruto or any affiliation there being, I am doing this fanfic because I enjoy making this story, not for profit (which I do not get by the way)
Chapter :16
Operation Sasuke P2
He saw everyone staring at him, and at something next to him.
He looked over to Naruto to see that he was hooked up to an I.V. bag attached to Hinata, and that he had grown a tail and ears.
"Oh my god! what the hell happened to Naruto?!" asked Kakashi as he scrambled to his side.
Kakashi knelt down and picked up Naruto's arm and put his fingers on his wrist.
"His pulse seems normal, but he is still low on blood." said Kakashi as he wiped his hand on his forehead with relief.
"..."
Kurenai and everybody else sat there with a look of disbelief on their faces.
"Kakashi, don't you...remember?" asked Kurenai.
"...Remember what?" asked Kakashi with confusion.
"..."
"Kakashi..." started Kurenai.
"Do you remember going on a mission to rescue Sasuke?" asked Kurenai, who started to look really flustered.
"I...I remember...The last thing I remember..." said Kakashi as he scratched his head.
"I remember Neji, having a bra on his head..." said Kakashi, who looked at Kurenai with hopes that it had just been a dream.
"Oh god...Oh god no...no..." said Kurenai while holding her head as tears formed in her eyes.
"Amnesia." said Neji plainly as he crossed his arms dramatically and blushed from the mention of him and TenTen.
"Amnesia?! From Naruto's chakra?" asked Kiba incredulously.
"Yes, I believe that is what happened." said Gai confidently.
"Amnesia? Naruto's Chakra? What's going on here!?" asked Kakashi flusteringly as he stood up from his kneeling position.
Kurenai looked as thought she were about to break down and cry, and Kakashi was about to ask her what was wrong, but he then noticed his surroundings.
'Wait a sec, this is the Village Hidden in the Sound from Jaraiya's map that he showed me before...' thought Kakashi as he recalled the map that Jaraiya had shown him long before.
'It was on the wall of the hotel in that one dreary village near Suna, during that recovery mission...' thought Kakashi as he reminisced back to when he was slightly younger.
"(sigh)" Kiba sat down next to Kakashi to explain to him what had happened in the past 24 hours, leading up to why they were here, and what happened to Naruto. He excluded the parts about Kurenai's relationship with him, and decided that it was best that Kurenai did that.
"And now, here we are, with yours, Gai's, and Kurenai's chakra sealed, Naruto and Hinata out of commission, and we are waiting for Hinata and Naruto to wake up." finished Kiba as he stood back up to gauge his reaction.
For a second, Kakashi looked stunned at the past events, but let it all soak in.
After a long silence Kakashi stood up, and walked over to Naruto.
"I wonder why, or even how this happened..." said Kakashi to himself as Naruto laid there on the ground next to Hinata, tail ears, and all.
"We're not sure but..." said Shino as he was interrupted by a sudden and abrupt movement on the ground next to him.
"Mixed vegetables!" shouted Hinata as she quickly sat up.
'Oh! My head!' thought Hinata as she rubbed her skull to try and sooth the pain.
She then turned her head to look at Naruto and saw his new form.
She sat there stunned for a moment, as though she didn't recognize Naruto.
Everyone waited to see if she had amnesia like Kakashi, but Hinata did something so out of her character that it threw them all off guard.
"OH MY FUCKING LORD!" screeched Hinata as she turned pale and fainted.
"She...she swore..." said Kiba, shocked at the usually timid girl's exclamation.
"Yes, which means she doesn't remember as well." said Shino while putting his hand onto his forehead in bother of the situation at hand.
"So she and Kakashi both have amnesia then..." said Lee who had Sakura in his arms.
"Oh my god! What happened to her?" asked Kakashi as he saw Sakura in his hands.
"That's evident..." said Gai to Shino while rubbing his forehead.
"What do you think we should do Kuren..." started Gai but when he looked at her face, he knew that something was wrong.
She was crying excessively, but kept her composure.
"You don't remember..." said Kurenai while trembling a bit.
Kakashi just stared at her for a second, debating on what she was so emotional for. Kakashi and Kurenai had been good friends for many years, but it perplexed him that Kurenai was crying over something as insignificant as 24 hours of memory loss.
'What could have happened over a mere 24 hours that was so important?' thought Kakashi as he thought of an answer for her.
"No, I guess I don't..." said Kakashi as he studied her every movement. He was worried for her, but didn't know what to do.
She then covered her hands over her face to hide her tears and turned around so they couldn't see her stress.
"Kurenai, what...what's wrong?" asked Kakashi as he moved closer to her.
'He doesn't remember...All the moments we had in the tunnel...in the dark...' thought Kurenai as she tried to wipe the tears from her face, but when she did, new ones would only form to take their place.
'I gave him my first kiss, I gave him my inner most secrets, I gave him... my love...' thought Kurenai as she continued to cry.
"Kurenai, you have to tell me what's wrong, that way I can make it better..." said Kakashi with a smile.
Kurenai then burst into tears and ran out of sight around the corner of a building.
"(sigh) I'd better go make sure that she's okay..." said Gai as he ran after her.
Gai knew what was wrong, and why she was crying, so he knew how to handle the situation.
"What was that all about?" asked Kakashi.
Kakashi got no answer, and everyone was now ignoring him and looking at Naruto.
"..."
A prolonged silence followed, and nobody seemed to want to make eye contact with him.
"(sigh) Okay, what did I do wrong?" asked Kakashi who was exasperated at the situation.
"Nothing. You've done nothing wrong." said Neji plainly.
Kakashi was about to interrupt but was cut off by the male Hyuuga.
"When the time comes, Kurenai will tell you why she acted the way she did." said Neji, dropping the conversation.
Kakashi decided that he needed to find this out, but would wait until Kurenai decided to talk to him of her own will.
Kakashi nodded to Neji and turned back to see how Hinata was doing, only to find out that she was on top of Naruto.
"..."
"That can't possibly be appropriate..." said Kiba as he walked over to take her off, but when he reached down and touched her she jumped from Naruto, and landed on the ground next to him.
"No no, I love competitive acorn hunting..." mumbled Hinata as she swayed about.
"..."
"Is she drunk?" asked Kiba as Akamaru nervously approached her.
"Ruff?" asked Akamaru as he went up up poked her.
Hinata then screamed and slapped him in the face.
Akamaru doubled over and threw himself behind Kiba with his tail between his legs.
"How...dare you." said Hinata as she blushed a bit.
"...Okay, she needs to wake up, otherwise we are going to have trouble moving around with 4 dead-weights..." said TenTen as she walked up to Hinata. TenTen then reached forward and slapped her in the face. Her eyes open with a look of shock, she rubbed her cheek and looked at TenTen in surprise.
"What d-did you do th-that f-for?" stuttered Hinata timidly as she continued to rub her cheek.
"There, she's up now." said TenTen as she walked back to Neji and stood next to him.
Hinata was about to ask them why they were so close together, but was interrupted by Kiba.
"Hinata, I have something to tell you." said Kiba as he walked up and stood firmly in front of her.
Kiba then began to tell the same story that he told Kakashi. He left out the parts of Kakashi and Kurenai like last time, but he also left out the perverted parts of her and Naruto. When he finished the long story he stood back up and let it all sink in.
Hinata looked completely shocked, and didn't seem to be making any movements.
'I...he...Naruto tried to sacrifice himself for the mission...and I thought he was dead... so I tried to end my own life...' thought Hinata gravely as her mind flew over all of this information.
She looked over to Naruto, and saw his form again. It was different, but she thought it made him look kind of cute. She blushed red at these thoughts and walked over to him. She sat down next to him and moved her hand over his back. She hesitated at first, but forced her hand down. She began to rub Naruto's back to comfort him.
'Wow, I'm actually touching him!' thought Hinata excitedly as she continued to massage his back. She would have done it until he woke up, but she stopped when she heard a strange noise coming from Naruto. It was a familiar noise, one a cat makes when you pet it.
"Is...is he purring?" asked Kiba as everyone moved closer to listen.
"mmmmprrrrrrrr..."
The sound was coming from Naruto, just like a cat or...
"A fox..." said Kiba aloud as they all turned their attention to Hinata.
She blushed and continued to pet him, but at every stroke, his chest would vibrate and he would purr. Hinata liked this noise, it was soothing and comforting at the same time.
"Is Naruto purring?" asked Gai who showed up abruptly.
"Yes, now what happened to Kurenai?" asked Kakashi worriedly.
Gai blinked at Kakashi for a second, then turned away from Naruto to answer him.
"She just needs a few minutes alone to gather her thoughts, she will be waiting at the tunnel that our team made." said Gai as he walked over to Kakashi to stand by him.
"You know...Kurenai is skilled, strong, has a great personality, and knows how to cook very well to top it all off." whispered Gai to Kakashi as he non-chalantly examined his nails.
"Yes, I know, I have known her for a long time...What's your point?" asked Kakashi confused.
"Well..." said Gai while nudging Kakashi.
"She would make a great catch if you know what I mean." said Gai as he winked to him.
"...Where is this coming from?" asked Kakashi accusingly.
"Nowhere! I just thought that you two would make a good couple, that's all." said Gai as Kakashi tried to ignore him and turned his attention away from him.
'Me...and Kurenai?' thought Kakashi he pondered over the possibility.
"Anyways..." interrupted Neji.
"We still have a mission to do, and I think we can manage if Hinata can carry Naruto." said Neji as he crossed his arms.
"M-me c-c-carry N-Naruto?" stuttered Hinata incredulously as she blushed from the thought.
"Neji!" exclaimed TenTen in shock of Neji's proposal. TenTen had been Hinata's friend since childhood, and knew much about her, especially that she was infatuated, if not in love with the blond.
Neji knew Hinata all too well, but had a good reason for his decision.
"After Naruto's chakra spike, Hinata barely has any chakra left to fight, so it would make no difference tactically if she carried Naruto." said Neji plainly.
It made since, and nobody argued, so they all agreed on it.
Hinata did not want to interject, she wanted to be with Naruto, but she could possibly faint from the hormonal stress.
She had to say something, she was going to interject, but was cut off.
"My chakra is sealed, so I'll carry Sasuke." said Gai as he walked over and picked up the missing nin.
"And I'll carry Sakura for the same reason." said Kakashi as he walked over to Lee, who turned her over to him.
Hinata was still trying to tell everyone her situation, and TenTen saw this, so she interrupted her before she could say anything embarrassing.
"Hinata, you HAVE to carry Naruto, you're hooked up to an I.V. with him, and he needs your blood to keep himself stabilized." said TenTen as she crossed her arms to end the conversation.
'I.V.?' thought Hinata as she looked down at her arm. She looked down to see that there was an I.V., and also saw that they were swapping blood.
'Wow, Naruto has some of me inside of him.' thought Hinata happily as she watched Naruto lay there peacefully.
With a furious blush, she reached over and to pick him up, but found that she couldn't lift him off of the ground.
Hinata's face turned red. Not from blushing, but from the strain of trying to lift him.
She finally gave up and plopped down on her butt to rest.
"He's...he's too heavy..." gasped Hinata as she tried to catch her breath.
"(sigh) do I have to do everything?" said Neji tiredly as he walked over to Naruto and knelt down to pick him up. When he tried to pick him up, instead of Naruto being lifted up, Neji quickly and painfully smashed his face into the ground.
"..."
"Ow..." said Neji as he rubbed his face in pain.
"He must be at least over three metric tons..." said Neji as he incredulously stared at Naruto's body.
"Impossible." said Lee as he walked over to Naruto.
"There is no way that Naruto can weigh that much..." said Lee as he lifted Naruto from the ground.
Lee looked happy for a second that he had done something Neji could not, but he suddenly got a look of horror on his face.
"Ah!" screamed Lee as his arms caved in under the weight.
He dropped Naruto onto the ground, which formed a large crater, causing Hinata to fall onto Naruto.
She blushed and quickly got off of him while she blushed even more from the realization of their contact together.
"Byakugan!" said Neji as he examined Naruto's body.
"Hmmm...It appears to be a defensive mechanism, brought on by the increase of density in Naruto cellular structure." said Neji confidently as he bent down to Naruto.
He reached forward and flicked Naruto's arm.
Ping!
Everyone gasped at the sound it made and Neji made a few hand signs.
"It appears that Naruto's cellular structure is so dense in this state, that his skin is actually as hard as steel..." said Neji as he leaned in towards Naruto and placed a finger on Naruto's chest.
"Release!" shouted Neji as a small wave of chakra shot from his finger and enveloped Naruto, only to quickly dissapear.
"There." said Neji as he stood up and turned to Hinata.
"You should be able to carry him now, I have released the chakra concentration on his tenketsu." finished Neji as he walked back over to TenTen.
"Alright, let's head towards Gai's tunnel, lead the way Sir I cut my hair with a bowl and scissors." said Kakashi as he pointed his hand in the direction of the tunnel.
"You can be so mean sometimes Kakashi..." said Gai with fake tears in his eyes as he jumped to the nearest rooftop for quicker travel.
Everyone followed suit, and reached the rooftop, except one shy Hyuuga.
Everyone was waiting on the rooftop for Hinata.
"You comin Hinata?" asked Kiba anxiously.
Hinata nodded and walked over to Naruto.
She blushed a great deal, then finally managed to pick him up.
'Oh god, oh god, okay...just act normally, pretend it is someone else'thought Hinata as she closed her eyes and confidently walked towards the team.
'Someone else...someone else...'thought Hinata as she jumped up onto the building.
"Okay. Let's move!" said Gai as he led the team in the direction of his tunnel.
Everyone followed by jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
'Someone else...' thought Hinata as she opened her eyes.
'Someone else with chiseled muscles, washboard abs, funny disposition, confidence to spare, and flowing spikey blond hair...' thought Hinata as she felt her self blush throughout her entire body.
'Oh god! I'm...I'm going to faint...' thought Hinata as she wavered a bit in her jumping.
TenTen saw Hinata's wavering and jumped in front of her just in time to catch her and Naruto in one swoop, and then jumped to catch up with the team, and they had already reached the entrance of the tunnel by the time she caught up. TenTen finally reached them and was looking quite flustered.
"What's wrong TenTen?" asked Neji as he walked over to her.
"It's hard to carry two people at once, because they are two different weights to carry." said TenTen as she went to put them down.
"Wait, I can fix that." said Neji as he pulled some duct tape out of his pocket.
He then flipped Hinata so that she was facing Naruto, and thouroughly taped them together.
He took her hand and taped it on his butt, and vice-versa. He then taped their necks together in one loop, so that thier faces were touching.
"There, they should be much easier to carry now." said Neji while smirking.
Everyone looked at their state and looked back to Neji who actually smiled.
"Neji, you have a cruel sense of humor..." said Kiba who walked over to him gravely.
Kiba stopped right in front of Neji and it looked like he was going to say something offensive but instead, he just gave him a huge smile.
"That's my kind of humor!" said Kiba as he led Neji to the side and began asking him about himself, and what it was like to be a Hyuuga.
TenTen then walked over to Kurenai and began to comfort her. Gai and Lee began to talk about misscelainious things while Shino and Kakashi were left as the only ones not talking.
"..."
"So...How's the weather been to you?" asked Shino to Kakashi.
Kakashi sighed and put a hand over his face.
"Fair..." said Kakashi as he walked to the center of everyone.
Kakashi stood passively with Sakura in his arms, then dropped his one hand down to his side, and got a pissed of look on his face.
"WHAT IS THIS, A PARTY FOR NIMRODS?! THIS IS A MISSION! NOT A FREE-RANGE CIRCUS!" shouted Kakashi as everyone went silent.
"This is still a mission, and it still needs to be completed." said Kakashi as he walked to the tunnel's entrance past Kurenai.
Kurenai looked suprised, then nodded and followed Kakashi into the tunnel, but everyone else stood there in shock.
"..."
"Free range circus?" asked Lee confusingly.
"(sigh) Well we better get a move on." said TenTen as she picked up the newly taped Naruto and Hinata, and walked into the tunnel entrance.
"Lee, be on your guard, I can't fight, and neither can Hinata, Naruto, TenTen, Kakashi, or Kurenai because of their current states." said Gai as he walked into the tunnel.
"Wait!" shouted Kiba as everyone turned to look at him.
"What about all of the important documents, and the remainder of the Sound?" asked Kiba.
Kakashi was about to answer, but was interupted by a loud explosion.
(Crack!)
The explosion was huge, and Kakashi felt something coming at an incredible speed.
"Everyone down!" shouted Kakashi over the roar of the explosion as everyone jumped into the tunnel.
The shockwave from the explosion came crashing into the building around them, reducing them to dust and fire.
After the explosion was over, Kakashi ran out to observe the damage.
Where The Sound Village once stood, there was nothing but a large crater, and the charred remains of many destroyed buildings and barracks.
A strong silence followed as everyone came out to view the aftermath.
"Wow." said Neji as he walked up to the edge of the crater.
"Why?" asked Gai as he too walked up to the edge.
"It must have been a precaution set by Orochimaru to make sure that no one could get a hold of his secrets." said Kakashi as he adusted Sakura in his arms.
"No one man should ever have that kind of power, anyone with that kind of power, should be executed." said Neji gravely.
Neji's comment caused everyone to nod in agreement, except Kakashi.
"You know, the blast that Naruto used to get us here in time was made up of alot more power than this explosion." said Kakashi as he walked up to him.
"Does that mean that you wish to kill Naruto?" asked Kakashi as he leaned in threateningly to Neji.
"No, just the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi is the dangerous power, and it needs to be stopped." said Neji while crossing his arms.
"Hate to break this to you Neji, but Naruto didn't use any of the Kyuubi's chakra to create the tunnel." said Kakashi while smiling.
Everyone gasped including akaaru, which kind of sounded funny coming from a dog, but everyone ignored it.
"Impossible, no one man has that kind of natural power." interjected Gai as he adjusted Sasuke in his arms.
"No, possible, you just have'nt known Naruto long enough to realize it." said Kakashi as he turned back tothe tunnel.
"Come on, we still have a mission that needs completion." said Kakashi as he ran into the tunnel wihtout looking back.
TenTen picked up Hinata and Naruto and followed while everyone else did the same.
Everyone was having an easy time traveling, but had a feeling that they were being watched.
They casted aside these feelings and picked up thier pace.
These feelings were true as three figures lurked in the shadows, following the shinobi as they made their way back into the tunnel.
"Itachi, should we take him now?" asked Kisame as he grinned, showing his shark teeth.
"No, the time is not now, we must wait until the most opportune moment." said Itachi calmly as they continued to trail Naruto.
"What time could be better? Naruto is unconscious along with just about 1/4 of their group!" said Kisame as he paced himself beside Itachi.
"Yes, but this new transformational ability of his to increase his weight will be comlicate things, we must wait until he powers down." said Itachi as he kept up the pace.
"Right, your the boss." said Kisame as he smirked.
Itachi turned his head menacingly to Kisame, and for a second he thought that Itachi was going to kill him, but instead he merely smirked back.
'Itachi, you are the best...' thought Kisame as he wiped his forehead in relief.
They continued to follow Naruto, but were being trailed themselves.
'I have to keep an eye on these jokers, and Naruto as well.' thought Jaraiya as he quietly continued to track them.
Kakashi was getting tired, and would soon drop from exhaustion if he did not rest.
"Alright, were going to start heading up, it will be easier to camp if we can have a fire." said Kakashi as he stopped the group.
"Lee, make us a hole." said Gai, gesturing towards the ceiling.
"Right!" said Lee joyously as he walked in front of Kakashi.
"Leaf Hurricane!!" yelled Lee as he swung a kick at the ceiling.
A huge hole appeared in a small explsion of dust and dirt.
"Okay start heading up." said Kakashi as he jumped through the hole.
Everyone followed as Kakashi continued farther through the forest.
"It looks as thought they are heading to the surface." said Kisame observingly.
"Yes...yes it does." said Itachi as he jumped through the hole.
They appeared at the top, and found that there was no one within thier sight..
"..."
"Where did they go in such a hurry?" asked Kisame as they looked around.
They sat there for a couple of minutes, deciding which way to go, until they saw a broken branch heading in the direction of the Leaf village.
"Duh." said Kisame as he rushed inthat direction with Itachi close behind.
About a mile ahead Kakashi had stopped and had already set up camp for 11.
"Alright, now that that is done, I think i'lll take a small nap." said Kakashi.
He didn't move from his spot, but closed his eyes.
Kurenai had just finished setting up a circle of logs for them to sit on, and sat down on the one nearest to Kakashi.
"Hey Kakashi...I...I wanted to...to talk to you about something." said Kurenai to Kakashi, who was unknowingly asleep where he stood.
"About 18 hours ago...we...you...I...told you...how I felt." said Kurenai as everyone awake turned thier atention to this scene.
"I...fell in love with you Kakashi!" said Kurenai quickly as she blushed.
"I know you don't remember, but you returned the love I sent, and if you want to you can try a relationship with me again." said Kurenai quickly as she looked down in embarressment.
A slience went by and Kurenai was getting very anxious.
"Well?" asked Kurenai as she looked up to Kakashi.
Just then Kakashi fell over and onto her lap, and his head slipped under her skirt.
Kurenai blushed and was about to react, but was interupted by a flash.
She looked over to see Kiba smirking with her camera in his hands.
"Ha! payback!" said Kiba as he put the camera into his bag.
"Kakashi!" screamed Kurenai as she pushed him off.
Kurenai was about to yell at him for being such a pervert, but looked down to see that he was asleep.
"..."
"He...was asleep...that whole time..." said Kurenai quietly as she realized that he didn't hear a word.
Neji smiled and took something from behind his back, and put it in his bag without being noticed.
"Heh, I could have told you that..." said Neji as he losed his bag shut.
"Well why didn't you?!" exclaimed Kurenai.
"It's too much fun to watch." said Neji with a smirk.
Kurenai growled at him, and looked back down to Kakashi.
"(sigh) I had better start a fire..." said Shino as he lit the pile of logs in the center of the camp.
Not too far away, Kisame was still running in thier direction, looking for a signs of thier presence.
Itachi was a few feet behind him, and they were going along at a very quick pace. It would have been quicker, but they had trouble going through all of the low branches which kept hitting him in the face.
"Damn these things..." said Kisame as he stopped short and Itachi ran into his back.
"Why did you..." said Itachi, but stopped when he realized his surroundings.
They were standing next the fire, almost directly in the middle of thier camp.
"..."
A great silence passed at the sight of the two "S class" criminals.
"..."
"Aaaaawkwaaaaaard..." said Kisame as they eased thier positions.
No one said anything to this, but Kisame decided to keep up the one-sided conversation.
"So...What are the odds huh?" said Kisame with a smirk.
Kurenai and Gai had gotten up and took defensive stances.
"So uh...bye!" said Kisame quickly as he and Itachi quickly dissapeared.
They all still sat there in shock, until Kiba finally spoke up.
"What the hell was that all about?!" shouted Kiba as he quickly stood up.
"That certainly was weird...but I can't sense their chakra anywhere." said Gai nervously as he looked around.
"Well, either way, we can't do anything about it now." said Neji as he stod up.
"We will have to wait until Kakashi waks up, he is the only one here with intimate knowledge of the Akatsuki." said Shino calmly.
"And an intimate knowledge of Kurenai's undies..." mumbled Kiba, but no one paid attention to him.
"Wait? Just Wait?! What if they come back!?" asked TenTen as she too stood up in protest.
"Seeing that they left without a fight in the first place, I don't think that they will be back." said Kurenai calmly as everyone sat down and nodded thier heads, waiting for Kakashi to wake up.
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End of Chapter!
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